6402/6403 - Getting Started with Branch Office Management in Windows Server 2008 with Hands on Labs

• Branch Office Server Deployment
• Branch Office Server Administration
• Branch Office Security

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Implement a Read-Only Domain Controller
• Work with restartable Microsoft Active Directory
• Implement DFS replication and a read-only DFS at the branch

Module 1: Branch Server Deployment and Administration
After completing this module, students will be able to:
• List the improvements that have been made to Active Directory in Windows Server 2008 and identify the benefits
• Describe Restartable AD and understand why to use it
• Describe a Read-Only Domain Controller and determine when to use one
• List the new server roles that exist in Windows Server 2008 that will benefit a branch office environment and understand how are they implemented
• List the changes that have been made to DNS that support the new AD capabilities of Windows Server 2008
• Understand how to improve file system management in branch office environments
• Describe print service improvements that exist in Windows Server 2008 that benefit a branch office environment
• Understand how the enhancements to Terminal Services in Windows Server 2008 assist administrators in better managing their server and network environments
• Describe the Next Generation TCP/IP Stack. Understand how it benefits the branch office environment
• Describe Server Virtualization in Windows Server 2008 and list the benefits it brings to the branch office environment

Module 2: Branch Office Security
After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Describe the special challenges branch office environments face with regard to physically securing servers and data
• Understand the challenges that exist in protecting network communications with the branch
• Understand how Windows Server 2008 mitigates these challenges
• Understand how an RODC benefits a branch office environment
• Describe BitLocker. Understand how it benefits a branch office environment
• Describe Network Access Protection and understand how it benefits a branch office environment
• List the improvements that have been made to Windows Firewall and describe how this simplifies the configuration of IPSec for the branch
• Understand the benefits of using IPSec

Exercise 1: Deploying a Read-Only Domain Controller
After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Run ADPrep on NYC-DC-01 to prepare the domain for RODC installation
• Install RODC in a Branch Office site
• Review RODC Allowed and Denied groups
• Create a new Active Directory group and add to Allow group
• View and Add cached credentials to a RODC
• Verify the Cached Credential Functions in the event of WAN failure
• Configure Administrator Role Separation for a RODC
• Reset all cache credentials on the RODC

Exercise 2: Using Restartable Active Directory
After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Review the state of Active Directory Domain Services
• Stop the Active Directory Domain Services and perform an offline defragmentation of the Directory Database

Exercise 3: Implementing DFS in a Branch Office
After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Install DFS components
• Configure the DFS Namespace
• Delegate management permissions
• Add folders to the Namespace
• Implement Intelligent Replication
• Share and publish replicated folders in a Namespace.
• Force Active Directory Replication and connect to DFS

• Experience administering Windows 2000 Server or Windows Server 2003
• MCSA/MCSE certification or equivalent knowledge